Futbol Americas: USMNT Stars on the Move?
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Hello, everyone. Happy Monday and welcome to the latest edition of Football Americas. I'm Alexis Yunus and talk about Avengers assemble. I have got Mauricio Pedrosa, Hercules Gomez and Alejandro Moreno. This is the crew that survived the snowpocalypse. Well, yes, indeed.
still time.
Well, there's still time and our cars are still somewhat buried, but it's okay. Our producer Beto, though, he flew all the way to the West Coast. Shame. Cobarde.
No, I just said shame.
I'm not going to call him cobarde on air. I'll call him after we're done the show. Then I'll call him.
To his face. All right. Well, we've got a packed show coming up here for you because guess what? Speaking of breaths of fresh air, Santi Jimenez sat down with our senior writer at ESPN FC, Mark Ogden. Look at Mark Ogden getting in on some football Americas.
There's my Mark Ogden. Santi Jimenez ready for Mark Ogden. Oh, I don't know if he is. What an experience that is.
But we're going to find out later on when we show you that exclusive interview. Plus, El Tri has been in action. And were they...
Yeah, you can call that action. There you go.
There you go. We're going to talk about that later on. But first, we're going to focus on the U.S. men's national team, especially a couple of their players who seem to be hot tickets in this January transfer window, starting with none other than Ricardo Pepi. Yes, indeed, because it seems that Fulham are interested in Ricardo Pepe and we know that he has been doing quite well at PSV. Unfortunately, he's out for two months now after breaking his forearm. Now, we are hearing that Fulham have made a 38 million US dollar bid, that's around 32 million euros, and it seems that PSV want a little bit more than that. They are thinking probably around 35 million euros for the young striker, so about Three million euros more.
So let's get into it. Herc, I'm going to start with you because so many variables going on into this one. It's a World Cup year. It's a January transfer window. Does he go to the Premier League? Can he handle the pace? All the things that we talk about. Would this be a right move for him now in a World Cup year?
If he's going to play at Fulham, he's going to be the man at Fulham. It's a great move. It's a step up. It's a big move for Ricardo Pepe. It's just a very surprising turn of events on all levels for me. Here's a player who has never really been the man at PSV. Sure, his goal per game ratio is very good, but he's never been the man at PSV. And now they're talking about $38 million, nearing $40 million. To go play in Fulham, if you look at Fulham's transfer record, that would make him one of the most expensive signings in their history. So he wouldn't be a complimentary signing. You've got to come in and fight now. And that's, in its own way, got its own complications. Rodrigo Muñiz right now is injured, hamstring injury.
He was the man at Fulham before that injury. Now Raul Jimenez steps in. What's that dynamic going to be like with a veteran striker who's the man of the moment right now, with Rodrigo Muñiz, who's 24 years old, who's a big frame, good player, who I thought was doing well at full him. Introduce Pepe, who's never really been the guy in a big club, certainly not at the level of a Premier League club, a team that's going to need results today. I don't know if this is the correct move for him five months out from the World Cup. It could be a blows-up-in-your-face type of move.
Ale, what do you think? Are you just as surprised as Herc? And if so, do you think this would still be a good move?
I'm so surprised that PSV are negotiating or pushing back on three million. That's a lot of money. Yeah, you'd say take the money. I'm like, wait a minute, you're offering how much for a guy that we don't actually start all the time and that who's out for two months and you're giving me this money? Like, do you know something that I don't? It's almost as if PSB are so surprised that this bid is coming in. It's like, wait a minute. There must be something behind this. There must be something that we don't know.
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